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@ Jimmy Legs: Thanks for the input and offer. I can't locate my results right now. If I do I'll send them to you. I probably should get new blood work though. Suggestions on tests to have? @ Lainie: Thanks for the advice. I do have a question about switching. Are there other interferons that should ...

Hi All, It's been a while for me. I hope spring is bringing happiness to folks. Smiles in Oregon!! Last week I had a brain scan and my first thoracic scan. These were the first scans since I began Avonex one year ago. The thoracic scan revealed one lesion and the brain scan revealed three new lesion...

Hi all - I'm curious about some side effects of Avonex. My "official" diagnosis was in January of this year and I have been taking Avonex since mid April. I'm also taking regimen of vitamins that were recommended be several people on here. Honestly, I have been slipping in my vitamin regim...

Asking more questions...... What is folks experience with drop foot? This has come on for me over the course of the last week and is, what I would consider, really beginning to make walking difficult and also uncomfortable in the shin. It's happening in only one foot. I have an emergency appointment...

Thanks for the info. I really appreciate it. Read, read, and read more!

Thanks Jimmy Legs. I should have stated that I have been taking those supplements about 4 weeks, and did not begin until after my blood work was completed. I'm planning on buying a Cal - Mag - Zinc supplement tomorrow. I need to read more so that I can understand the relationship between those miner...

Thanks for the response folks. To answer a couple of questions that were posed: @ Jimmy Legs: I am not, nor ever have I, used a pharma product on my skin. Also regarding the B12, is that in a suite of tests, or a specific test that I can ask for? Also you mention " (in the case of b12 that is h...

Hi there, I just received the results of my first round of blood work and, of course, I'm really unsure of what they might mean. The ones that i have questions about are the few that are out of the "normal" reference range. I could use a little help in interpreting them: CBC with Different...

I was at OHSU the other day and had my blood drawn for this study. When they have the results I will receive an email and will provide a link. Obviously it will be awhile before that happens. On a humorous side note. My friends had a field day with me when I told them I was getting tested for "...

I appreciate the comments and responses from folks. There is an abundance of information on this site, and I feel that I have learned more in the last 24 hours than I previously new. I admit that I was dragging my feet to research MS until I received the final Dx. Can an individual begin, suspend/st...

Hi there, I'm a 37 year old male who's diagnosis was confirmed 1 month ago. The story goes; I was in a minor car accident in June of 2011 and during the CT scan an abnormality was noticed. Three MRI's and a LP later I have been diagnosed with relapsing-remitting. Until the time of the car accident o...

Hi there, I'm a 37 year old male who's diagnosis was confirmed 1 month ago. The story goes; I was in a minor car accident in June of 2011 and during the CT scan an abnormality was noticed. Three MRI's and a LP later I have been diagnosed with relapsing-remitting. Until the time of the car accident o...